Michael J McCafferty wrote:
John,
I once tried to do all kinds of neat stuff with kickstart. I gave up. I
never got the %post scripts to work at all, except the most very basic
commands. It was probably me, but I gave up on the automation I wanted
to put in %post and wrote a bash script and included in the procedure
docs to run the bash script manually. :o(
I've done quite a bit of stuff in %post. Here's mine. Hope this provides
some clues. Note that some lines got wrapped. Note that the default
shell in pre or post is just the standard sh or ash or something. In my
%pre I do fancier things and use:
%pre --interpreter /usr/bin/python
to make python the shell so I can actually program it to do whatever I
want. I use it to inspect the system and see how many disks we have and
then write out to /tmp/partinfo one of my standard partition schemes and
then include that into the kickstart as the partitioning scheme. Here it
is:
#Generated by Tracy Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# Put key <installation number> to register the box with RHN
# I am just skipping for now
key --skip
#System language
lang en_US
#System keyboard
keyboard us
#Sytem timezone
timezone America/Los_Angeles
#Root password
rootpw --iscrypted $1$vKBiVOsC$5jscKpPjii7WXyUNSEBZj/
#Reboot after installation
reboot
#Use text mode install
text
#Install OS instead of upgrade
install
#Use Web installation
url --url http://10.1.1.1/centos
#System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr
#Clear the Master Boot Record
zerombr
#System authorization infomation
auth --useshadow --enablemd5
#Network information
network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0
#Firewall configuration
firewall --disabled
#Do not configure XWindows
skipx
# Start SE Linux in enforcing mode. Don't turn this off! SE Linux is
important.
selinux --enforcing
#Halt the system when the install finishes. Otherwise it might keep
#installing over the network over and over.
halt
%include /tmp/partinfo
#Package install information
%packages
postfix
iptraf
emacs-nox
sysstat
subversion
net-snmp
@ editors
@ text-internet
@ server-cfg
@ mail-server
@ development-tools
@ admin-tools
@ system-tools
-sendmail
-sendmail-cf
-logwatch
-postgresql-libs
-dovecot
-irda-utils
-portmap
-nfs-utils
-yp-tools
-ypbind
-samba-common
-samba-client
-spamassassin
-xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL
-libglade2
-pygtk2
-pygtk2-libglade
-system-config-nfs
-system-config-securitylevel
-system-config-services
-pango
-gtk2
-usermode-gtk
-bluez-pin
-xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL
-tog-pegasus
-tog-pegasus-devel
-redhat-lsb
-java-1.4.2-gcj-compat
-gcc-java
-libgcj
-libgcj-devel
-pygtk2
-libwnk
-GConf2
-gtk2
-xorg-x11-Mesa-libGL
-chkfontpath
-xorg-x11-xfs
-xorg-x11-libs
-emacs
-bluez-utils
-bluez-libs
-bluez-hcidump
-bluez-fw
-mysql
-hesiod
-hesiod-devel
-autofs
-fetchmail
-ORBit2
-ckermit
-freetype
-fontconfig
-ttmkfdir
-wvdial
-wireless-tools
-NetworkManager
%post
# Change to virtual terminal 3 so we can watch
chvt 3
# add comment to /etc/motd
echo "Kickstart-installed Red Hat Linux `/bin/date`" > /etc/motd
echo "Interactivate kickstart $Id: ks.cfg.i386 68 2006-08-11 19:18:57Z
treed $" >> /etc/motd
# Install cfengine
rpm -ivh http://10.1.1.1/extras/cfengine-2.1.16-2.el4.kb.i386.rpm
# Install python-twisted for my nagios client app
#rpm -ivh http://10.1.1.1/extras/python-twisted-1.3.0-1.2.el4.rf.x86_64.rpm
#rpm -ivh
http://10.1.1.1/extras/python-twisted-docs-1.3.0-1.2.el4.rf.x86_64.rpm
wget http://10.1.1.1/extras/cfagent.conf -O
/var/cfengine/inputs/cfagent.conf
wget http://10.1.1.1/extras/cf.groups -O /var/cfengine/inputs/cf.groups
wget http://10.1.1.1/extras/cfrun.hosts -O /var/cfengine/inputs/cfrun.hosts
wget http://10.1.1.1/extras/cfservd.conf -O
/var/cfengine/inputs/cfservd.conf
wget http://10.1.1.1/extras/update.conf -O /var/cfengine/inputs/update.conf
cat > /etc/rc3.d/S99firstboot << "EOF"
#
# This script should do any post-first-boot things and then
# remove itself so it does not run on the second boot.
#
/bin/rm /etc/rc3.d/S99firstboot
/usr/sbin/cfagent --no-splay --define sys_startup &
EOF
/bin/chmod 755 /etc/rc3.d/S99firstboot
/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 cfenvd on
/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 cfexecd on
/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 cfservd on
/etc/init.d/cfexecd start
/etc/init.d/cfenvd start
# Set system time and write to bios
/usr/sbin/ntpdate -su pool.ntp.org
/sbin/hwclock -w
/sbin/chkconfig --level 345 ntpd on
%pre --interpreter /usr/bin/python
import os
import time
raid5="""
#Partition clearing information, clear hda and hdb
#This config file assumes a two disk mirrored setup
clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda,sdb,sdc,sdd
#Disk partitioning information
# Create the partitions on the first disk
# root partition
part raid.10 --size=4000 --ondisk=sda
# boot partition
part raid.11 --size=500 --ondisk=sda
# swap partition
part raid.12 --size=2000 --ondisk=sda
# everything else for the lvm physical volume
part raid.13 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sda
# Create the partitions on the second disk
# root partition
part raid.20 --size=4000 --ondisk=sdb
# boot partition
part raid.21 --size=500 --ondisk=sdb
# swap partition
part raid.22 --size=2000 --ondisk=sdb
# Raid the rest for the LVM physical volume
part raid.23 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sdb
# Create the partitions on the third disk
# root partition
part raid.30 --size=4000 --ondisk=sdc
# boot partition
part raid.31 --size=500 --ondisk=sdc
# swap partition
part raid.32 --size=2000 --ondisk=sdc
# everything else for the lvm physical volume
part raid.33 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sdc
# Create the partitions on the fourth disk
# root partition
part raid.40 --size=4000 --ondisk=sdd
# boot partition
part raid.41 --size=500 --ondisk=sdd
# swap partition
part raid.42 --size=2000 --ondisk=sdd
# everything else for the lvm physical volume
part raid.43 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sdd
# Now RAID it all together
raid / --fstype ext3 --device md0 --level=RAID5 raid.10 raid.20
raid.30 raid.40
# /boot is a mirror, not a raid 5. Can't boot from RAID5.
raid /boot --fstype ext3 --device md1 --level=RAID1 raid.11 raid.21
raid.31 raid.41
raid swap --fstype swap --device md2 --level=RAID5 raid.12 raid.22
raid.32 raid.42
# Make the rest an LVM physical volume
raid pv.01 --fstype ext3 --device md3 --level=RAID5 raid.13 raid.23
raid.33 raid.43
# Now setup the logical volumes
volgroup sysvg pv.01
logvol /var --vgname=sysvg --size=2000 --name=var
logvol /usr --vgname=sysvg --size=2000 --name=usr
logvol /home --vgname=sysvg --size=2000 --name=home
# --grow will expand /dj to use all remaining disk space
#logvol /dj --vgname=sysvg --size=4000 --name=dj
"""
mirror="""
# This is our disk setup specific to a 2 disk mirrored setup
#Partition clearing information, clear hda and hdb
#This config file assumes a two disk mirrored setup
clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda,sdb
#Disk partitioning information
# Create the partitions on the first disk
# root partition
part raid.10 --size=4000 --ondisk=sda
# boot partition
part raid.11 --size=500 --ondisk=sda
# swap partition
part raid.12 --size=2000 --ondisk=sda
# everything else for the lvm physical volume
part raid.13 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sda
# Create the partitions on the second disk
# root partition
part raid.20 --size=4000 --ondisk=sdb
# boot partition
part raid.21 --size=500 --ondisk=sdb
# swap partition
part raid.22 --size=2000 --ondisk=sdb
# Raid the rest for the LVM physical volume
part raid.23 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sdb
# Now RAID it all together
raid / --fstype ext3 --device md0 --level=RAID1 raid.10 raid.20
raid /boot --fstype ext3 --device md1 --level=RAID1 raid.11 raid.21
raid swap --fstype swap --device md2 --level=RAID1 raid.12 raid.22
# Make the rest an LVM physical volume
raid pv.01 --fstype ext3 --device md3 --level=RAID1 raid.13 raid.23
# Now setup the logical volumes
volgroup sysvg pv.01
logvol /var --vgname=sysvg --size=2000 --name=var
logvol /usr --vgname=sysvg --size=2000 --name=usr
logvol /home --vgname=sysvg --size=2000 --name=home
# --grow will expand /dj to use all remaining disk space
#logvol /dj --vgname=sysvg --size=4000 --name=dj
"""
single="""
# This is our disk setup specific to a single disk setup which we really
# hope is a hardware RAID.
#Partition clearing information, clear hda and hdb
#This config file assumes a two disk mirrored setup
clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda
#Disk partitioning information
# Create the partition
part / --size=4000 --ondisk=sda
part pv.0 --size=1 --grow --ondisk=sda
# Now setup the logical volumes
volgroup sysvg pv.0
logvol /var --vgname=sysvg --size=8000 --name=var
logvol /usr --vgname=sysvg --size=6000 --name=usr
logvol /home --vgname=sysvg --size=8000 --name=home
logvol /tmp --vgname=sysvg --size=4000 --name=tmp
# --grow will expand /opt to use all remaining disk space
#logvol /opt --vgname=sysvg --size=4000 --name=opt
"""
# Determine how many drives we have
# list-harddrives gives us a space separated listing of drives and their
capacities
fd = os.popen('list-harddrives','r')
print "list-harddrives output is:"
disks = 0
for line in fd:
print line
disks += 1
print "Detected %d disks" % disks
if disks == 4:
fd = open("/tmp/partinfo","w")
fd.write(raid5)
elif disks == 2:
fd = open("/tmp/partinfo","w")
fd.write(mirror)
elif disks == 1:
fd = open("/tmp/partinfo","w")
fd.write(single)
fd = open("/tmp/partinfo","w")
fd.write(single)
else:
print "I did not find either 1, 2, or 4 disks! This config is only
designed to work with a single, 2 (mirrored) or 4 (raid5) disk system!"
print "You can go to alt-f2 to check out the environment. Going
into a busy wait. Reboot when you are done."
while 1:
time.sleep(60)
--
[email protected]
http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
